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UNITED NATIONS — The United Nations has approved a request from India to accredit a New
York-based diplomat at the center of a dispute after her arrest by U.S. authorities on criminal
charges including visa fraud, a U.N. official said yesterday.

Indian media said the request to transfer Devyani Khobragade, who was deputy consul-general in
New York, to the United Nations was aimed at ending the standoff with the United States in the
hopes that her new diplomatic status could allow New Delhi to bring her home without the
prosecution proceeding.

U.S. officials were not immediately available for comment.

Khobragade’s arrest on Dec. 12 has enraged India, which is demanding that all charges be dropped
against her. On the day of her arrest, she was strip-searched.